guilds

1. Organizations of artisans in the Middle Ages that sought to regulate the price and quality of products such as weaving and ironwork. Guilds survived into the eighteenth century.

Notes

Guilds gave way to trade unions, a very different type of organization. The artisans in the guilds were self-employed, unlike most members of trade unions.

Example Sentences

Vinciquerra played a diplomatic role during the strikes, encouraging both the studios and the guilds to return to the bargaining table.

From Los Angeles Times

For example, labor unions for creatives, such as the powerful writers or actors guilds?

From Los Angeles Times

One year ago, Hollywood greeted Labor Day with the guilds representing actors and writers on strike, as studios juggled movie release schedules and cobbled together prime-time lineups largely devoid of original domestically produced scripted series.

From Los Angeles Times

"Dogs can contribute to the extinction of vertebrate species, can imbalance the trophic dynamics amongst predator guilds and even have the potential to collapse entire ecological communities," he continues.

From Science Daily

Here’s how the day usually goes: At 3 p.m. sharp, about 3,500 members of Zurich’s ancient guilds — associations of artisans or tradesmen that date to the Middle Ages — embark on a parade.

From New York Times